Published 09:39 IST, January 20th 2021
A Neutron Star is still emitting X-rays three years after collision: NASA
A Neutron Star collision that happened three years ago is still emitting X-rays. NASA believes that this could be a breakthrough
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is full of mysteries and that is what astromers are trying to solve since long. While mystery of universe keeps unfolding every time more and more questions keep emerging. That is what happened when astromers were observing a neutron star in . A strange incident occurred during this process, Astrophysicists observed two neutron stars colliding in a cataclysmic crash, however, it is still emitting X-rays.
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According to research presented on Thursday that is January 14 at 237th meeting of American Astromical Society, X-ray radiation is still lingering by collision even after incident took place three years ago. Actually, Astrophysicists observed merger of two neutron stars colliding in a cataclysmic crash on August 17, 2017. During this occurring also scientists detected a gravitational-wave chirp identified by Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) on Earth and a massive burst of different lights. However, most interestingly X-rays observed at location of 130 million light-years from Earth began to fade away in less than six months after merger's discovery. However, X-ray is still lingering in .
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In a statement to .com, Eleora Troja, an astrophysicist at University of Maryland and NASA's Goddard Flight Center said, "Our models so far were describing observation incredibly well, so we thought we nailed it down. I think everybody was convinced that this thing was going to fade quickly, and last observation showed that it is t."
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NASA astrophysicist also explained that team believed that y were looking at afterglow of high-energy jet of material shot out by collision and it will fade away. However, at view of Chandra craft in December 2020, source was still glowing.
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NASA has two hyposes for Neutron Star X-ray emissions
According to Troja, re are two hyposes which will explain why emissions of X-ray is still glowing. first hyposis is that lingering X-rays may get joined by radio light within next eight months or year which will prove afterglow of massive kilova explosion something scientists have never seen before. And, second is that X-ray emissions may t join by any radio emissions. In both case scenarios, scientists will be looking at something that has never been observed before.
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09:39 IST, January 20th 2021